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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are all the songs on the radio related to the morning the narrator spends at the librarian's house?
(a) Farewells.
(b) The Winter.
(c) The Autumn.
(d) Heartbreak.

2. What escape does the Professor offer for the dilemma the narrator is faced with?
(a) If the Factory gets the data, the program will end automatically.
(b) If he dies now, all three of his circuits will die with him.
(c) If he can unshuffle the data, the program will end automatically.
(d) If the System finds out about the research, they will abort the program.

3. What does the chubby girl begin reading in the narrator's apartment?
(a) Flaubert's Madame Bovary.
(b) Turgenev's On the Eve.
(c) Dostoyevsky's The Brothers Karamazov.
(d) Balzac's Chouans.

4. What does the narrator's shadow say he can't do?
(a) He can't talk.
(b) He can't leave.
(c) He can't walk.
(d) He can't breathe.

5. What is the last thing the shadow tells the narrator?
(a) "I loved you."
(b) "I won't forget you."
(c) "I'm disappointed in you."
(d) "I'll come back for you."

Short Answer Questions

1. What day is it when the narrator and the chubby girl finally arrive in the subway system?

2. What does the Caretaker of the Power Station make for his guests in Chapter 28?

3. Where does the chubby girl say her grandfather has gone?

4. How long does the Professor say the provisions will keep him alive?

5. What does the narrator eat with his beer at the beer hall after buying his new clothes?

Short Essay Questions

1. Which situation does the narrator define as "despair" in Chapter 33?

2. What doubts about leaving the Town does the narrator voice to his shadow in Chapter 32?

3. How does the narrator whistling "I Go to Pieces" in Chapter 29 relate to the overall storyline?

4. Explain the parallels between the video game the narrator plays at the beginning of Chapter 35 and his life.

5. Describe the taxi that picks up the narrator and the chubby girl after the exit from the underground in Chapter 31.

6. What does the chubby girl plan to do once the narrator loses consciousness, and why?

7. How does the narrator's shadow say he developed his plan of escape in Chapter 38?

8. How does the narrator explain his decision in Chapter 40?

9. Explain the importance of belief as described in Chapter 34.

10. Explain the significance of the song "Danny Boy" for the narrator's life.

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